GUIDELINES (FAQ) FOR SOC.GENEALOGY.AUSTRALIA+NZ (GENANZ-L)

Posted on the 20th of each month
Last modification: 5 October 1997 [the addition of the index mode feature (GENANZ-I) and the non-MIME digest form (GENANZ-NMD) for the mailing list]

Contents

Charter
This is an unmoderated group intended for the discussion of genealogy and like topics relating to Australia, New Zealand and their respective territories. All postings to the newsgroup are copied to the mailing list and vice versa.

Rationale
Family history research is not limited to any one country of origin nor is it confined to ethnic bounds or national borders, but the research _is_ dependent upon history and records found within national systems and regional boundaries. Those records can be State, religious, civil, military, private, public, monumental, personal or other such records, most of which may be found in the country wherein they were originated. It then seems logical to provide an avenue of research and discussion within a forum particular to any one country, or group of related countries.
Australia and New Zealand share similar cultural, historical and political developments. The history of these developments is unique to the two nations with respect to the time, geographic location and, in the early years of colonisation, isolation. Since settlement, there has been continuous migration between these countries, and from other countries. Because there is much in common with Australia and New Zealand genealogy and research interests, it seems reasonable to conduct discussions in the one group. Separate groups can be formed if and as traffic and interest warrant.

Basic rules
This group employs netiquette.
Advertising is regarded as unacceptable, please utilise the newsgroup soc.genealogy.marketplace or the paired mailing list GEN-MARKET at RootsWeb. Please read their FAQ before posting.
When responding to a post if it is personal please reply directly, if the topic is relevant to the group send it (also) to the group.

Other FAQs sent to this group:

Subject headings
Contributors to the group are encouraged to prefix subject titles with intra-region codes which will facilitate indexing in archives, and also aid readers in identifying localities of specific interest. Suggested codes would comply with the accepted form, ie. ISO Nation codes and country regional codes, as follows: 

        AUS     Australia generally             WA      Western Australia
        QLD     Queensland                      TAS     Tasmania
        NSW     New South Wales                 NT      Northern Territory
        VIC     Victoria                        SA      South Australia
        ACT     Australian Capital Territory


        NZL     New Zealand generally

Surname posts
Contributors are encouraged to send Australian and New Zealand surname specific posts to the moderated USENET newsgroup soc.genealogy.surnames.misc or its paired mailing list SURNAMES-MISC.
To post to this group you must construct you mail in a certain way. For further information please refer to the instructions or read the FAQs in that group. This group's mail is archived and readily searchable via a web interface.

Reading Posts
This group can be read/sent to in two ways
1) Via a newsreader where your ISP carries the USENET group soc.genealogy.australia+nz; or
2) Via email from the mailing list GENANZ-L (individual posts), GENANZ-D (digest posts), GENANZ-NMD (non-MINE digest posts) or GENANZ-I (index mode) [instructions follow], note that there are four addresses, each with a specific function.

Mailing list (GENANZ-L)

Please note that the mailing list server uses SmartList software and thus handles differently to the Listserv software used at Eworld.

Sending Messages
To post messages about Australian and New Zealand genealogy for distribution to GENANZ-L mailing list (and soc.genealogy.australia+nz), address your post to
GENANZ-L@apple.rootsweb.com

Subscribe / Unsubscribe
There are two forms of subscription, ie. individual messages or daily digests
1) Do NOT include any subject title (leave Subject: line clear);
2) In the BODY of the message add the appropriate command (ie. subscribe or unsubscribe)
3) Do NOT include anything else in the body of the message, and this includes signature files, a thank you, etc.

Archives
Two archives exist for this group.

This archive has been indexed by the Australian search engine Web Wombat, where they can be searched. One of your search terms should be australia+nz so that you do search the archives.

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Subject: archive

archive help

FAQ Availability
The current FAQ for this group soc.genealogy.australia+nz / GENANZ-L will be:
1) Posted to the group / list on the 20th of each month.
2) Available by anonymous ftp from
- ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/genanz-l/genanz-l-faq
3) Available by email, send email

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Amendments
Any suggested amendments, additions or deletions are welcome and should be sent to address: GENANZ-L-request@apple.rootsweb.com

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Prepared by Andrew Billinghurst , © 1997. Last modified: Monday, 06-Oct-1997 01:16:00 MDT